CBT Radio

Ogden Lindsley

In this episode, R. Trent Codd, III, Ed.S.
interviews Abigail Calkin, PhD about Ogden
Lindsley. In this episode they discuss:

Ogden Lindsley’s life and his research

Standard Celeration Charting and Precision Teaching

The application of SCC to private events or “inner
behavior”

The Lindsley archive

And more!

ABIGAIL CALKIN, PhD BIOGRAPHY

An educational psychologist and educator who specializes in
behavioral science and precision teaching research, author Abigail
B. Calkin also has the pioneering, adventuresome stock to write a
real life drama like The Night Orion Fell, her
newest book.

Dr. Calkin lives in a remote southeast Alaskan town of 426 people
from whence she writes, kayaks, cross country skies and works as a
school psychologist at several isolated community schools, some of
which are accessible only by plane. A one-time urbanite born in
Boston, her home now is surrounded by two extraordinary
wonders—Tongass National Rainforest and Glacier Bay National Park
and Preserve. Her home on nine acres, shared with her husband, is
inspirational to her work and endows her with an appreciation for
nature's harshness that is at the core of The Night Orion
Fell.

She is the author six other books, 40 pieces of published poetry
and 40 professional articles, and is in various stages of
preparation on several new fiction and nonfiction works. Her
education includes a B.A. from the University of Colorado with a
double major of psychology and philosophy, two years at the
University of Edinburgh (Scotland), an M.A. in special education
from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. from the University of
Kansas.

She began her professional career in Colorado working with
exceptional children. She moved to Oregon where she set up the
state's first classroom for students with learning disabilities in
1965. She was on the faculty of Western Oregon College, then worked
as a school psychologist and then principal in the Topeka Public
School System (1978-1996), and later developed a technique to
improve self-esteem.

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